Xie Yingrong would complain all night in order to stay closed, but Xie Mulin felt that it was okay.

She stood in front of the doorway leading to the large kitchen and looked around, and found that there was a small carved window on the wall here, of course, it was not okay to pass people, but it was not much of a problem to talk and pass some small objects through the wall. If Xie Yingrong wants to order food from the kitchen, he doesn't even have to walk, he just needs to call someone in front of this carved window, which is very convenient. It's a pity that this official residence can't be renovated in any way, otherwise the carved window will be slightly rectified and a larger hole in the wall will be made, and even the problem of delivering food can be solved. But it's not bad at the moment, the objective conditions are here, what's the use of just complaining? It's better to discover more about the advantages of your new home.

Xie Mulin looked back at his yard and felt that he should be able to take advantage of this carved window, isn't it just a few more steps? It's better than asking the girls to run all the way just to go to the kitchen and spread a word.

Cuijiao was also smiling when she saw it: "The two mothers in our yard don't want to go all the way to the kitchen to get food in the morning in winter, so they asked the kitchen people to stuff steamed buns through the pane and put them on the brazier in the house to roast and eat them." However, this method can only be used to pass some small pieces of snacks to eat, and you can't stuff any of the dishes and plates. When my wife heard about it, she also opened one eye and closed one eye, as long as the people below did not break the window, she let them go. ”

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "In the future, if we want to order food from the kitchen, we don't have to go so far, how convenient it is to pass the word here, when the kitchen is almost ready, tell us, and we will send someone to get it, which will save trouble and effort, and also save time." If the food box is well insulated, maybe the food will still be warm when you bring it back. ”

When Cuijiao heard this, she immediately smiled and squinted: "I know that the girl has always been the most sympathetic to us!" Then we'll be cheeky and lazy to steal a few times! Qingcheng also showed a happy expression on the side. Not to mention in winter, even if it is a warm season, the little girls are happy to run less legs.

Xie Mulin continued to walk out with the two girls. This time she was going to the yard of her eldest sister Xie Yinghui.

Although her yard is a little closed, she can really see her surroundings clearly, and it is actually fine. At the other end of Xie Yingrong's courtyard, next to the kitchen yard and the place where the servants lived, although it was early in the morning, there were already clear voices and movements, revealing lively fireworks, but they were separated by a distance, so they would not seem too noisy, but there was a sense of quietness in the middle of the noise. On the west side of the East Sandwich Road, opposite the courtyard of their sisters, is the courtyard where the elders live, and at this time, there is also movement, through the carved windows on the wall, the figures in the opposite courtyard can be faintly seen.

If this is not an official residence that cannot be renovated privately, but a private residence of the Xie family, a door opening in this wall leads to the elders' courtyard, in fact, the location is very convenient, and it is not closed at all.

Xie Mulin walked into Xie Yinghui's courtyard. All the people in her yard got up, sweeping the floor, boiling water, and some people were rummaging through the cabinets in the house to clean up their things. The little girl under Lu Qi opened the cotton curtain and welcomed Xie Mulin into the house, who didn't see Xie Yinghui outside, so she heard her eldest sister voice in the warm pavilion: "I'm in the back room, come here." ”

Xie Mulin entered the warm pavilion, only to find that Xie Yinghui was wearing a homely brocade jacket, sitting cross-legged on the kang, with a wide kang table in front of him, on which was a similar breakfast, and there were some book-like things next to it. At the other end of the kang table, there was only an empty seat for a person to sit, and the rest of the space was occupied by various mirror boxes, brocade boxes, and the like.

Xie Mulin sat down opposite Xie Yinghui in surprise: "Eldest sister, is this packing things?" Why are you busy early in the morning? ”

Xie Yinghui's face flushed slightly, glanced at her, and said vaguely: "Sooner or later, I have to clean up, and I will be idle at this time." In fact, it was because she thought that she had been engaged to Huang Yan, and she was worried that she would meet her future mother-in-law in a few days. But how could she be embarrassed to say this kind of thing to her sister? Especially the second sister's temperament, she will definitely can't help but make fun of her.

Xie Mulin didn't think much about it, and seeing that she had almost eaten breakfast, he told the eldest sister about her plans this morning, and asked her if she wanted to come together: "Doesn't the eldest sister want to see the winter scenery of Shichahai?" ”

"I don't want to." Xie Yinghui shrunk her neck with lack of interest, "I got up early and went out and stood in the yard for a while, and I couldn't stand it." A cup of hot tea, a moment of hard work will be cold, this winter in Beiping City is much more terrible than the capital and Huyin County! I'm staying in this house well, the kang is hot, there is no shortage of tea and snacks, and I can do whatever I want. My father went to the yamen on an errand and was not at home all day, and my wife said that we could go to the front at lunchtime, so why should I go out and blow the northwest wind? Isn't it good to stay warm and warm in the house? I still have so much to pack. The garden is placed there, and Shichahai will not run, and it will not be too late for me to go to see it when the weather is warm. ”

Miss Xie, who was born in Jiangnan and grew up in Jiangnan, said that she stayed in the house and didn't even want to go out of the yard, let alone the colder place outside the yard.

Xie Mulin had no choice but to give up persuading her, sat with her for a while, and then got up to leave.

The eldest sister refused to be her companion, so she could only find the cute little sister Xie Yingfen.

Who knew that Xie Mulin had just walked to the gate of Xie Yingfen's courtyard, and saw her turn in from the intersection of the north aisle, her little face was tight, as if she was angry, and even her walking steps were a little heavier. Xie Mulin greeted him in surprise: "Fourth sister, is this coming back from outside?" It's so early! ”

When Xie Yingfen saw her, she paused, the anger on her face disappeared instantly, she showed an embarrassed smile, and saluted her: "Second sister, good morning." I just came back from the fourth brother's courtyard. We first arrived, and it was the first time to live in this courtyard in the north, it was so cold last night, and it snowed in the middle of the night, I was worried that the fourth brother was not used to it, so I got up in the morning and went over to take a look. ”

"Is the fourth brother okay?" Xie Mulin glanced at Xie Yingfen's clothes a few times, "You look unhappy, who provoked you?" ”

Xie Yingfen said angrily: "Who else can there be? Auntie! lived in this deep mansion compound, and my aunt couldn't get out easily, so she finally accepted her heart and began to care about her own flesh and blood. But she cares so much. Obviously, the second uncle's grandmother said as early as in the south that there is no need to cover a too thick quilt when sleeping on the kang, so as not to overheat. The aunt didn't know if she didn't know, or she didn't take the words of the second uncle and grandmother to heart, and even specially asked the girl to cover the fourth brother with a thick quilt, saying that she didn't catch a cold. The mother in the courtyard of the fourth brother persuaded her, she still suspected that people did not know the etiquette, and she was choked back by the mother, and she complained that her wife was too soft-hearted and would not discipline her subordinates! But the fourth brother was filial and did what she said, but he was sweating and didn't sleep well. When I passed by, he coughed a few times, and I don't know if it was because of the cold from sweating and wind, or because of the heat. After a while, I can only ask my wife to ask a doctor to come and show the fourth brother. ”

The brothers and sisters were worried together, and finally ensured that the younger brother Xie Hanzhi had not been sick again since the autumn, because Aunt Wanqin said a few words, and she broke her work in such a daze. Miss Xie Si is angry, where can she be happy?!

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